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purchase money will be willingly submitted to Mr Sharp's contention. that the object of the Povernment in resuming proprietorship is not a legitimate not fulfil as "public purpose",

one and does

under the meaning of the conditions

of

leave is of co

of course

maller

for

consideration of the Gover

of the Government,

but I would remark, that at

this great important commercial. port the recent agitation in the

Colony shows

very clear

clearly

that

in the estimation ofther Public the most important of all

public works lobe carried out are.

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the

the defensive works for protection of the Colony pans I

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aggression from without okrepition pore within on the part of the

dense Chinese population.

lo 160,000, peoples.

mounting

The proper location of the

Garrison foru

-part in these de

a

nisportant.

defensive

probctive mineures

better thaw

refer

and

Jcannot do

to A. E. Governor Sir

th

George Bowen's despatch NE61 of the 12€

-1883 to shew what hes, as head of

May. 188.

the Government, thinks of the matters

The question of Barracks at

ment is

is engaging

the present

ancet earnest attention.

There is not sufficient

a co o mmodation

my

for

the small

increase in the Garrison and

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the